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  • The Big Bailout...Ha!

    There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008

  • Popular Vote Totals in Aggregate Mean Nothing...

    ... and Hillary Clinton is still due to become the Democratic Party nominee for the Presidential run this Fall. If Democratic Party stalwarts fail to understand that Hillary and Bill Clinton are their best package to run against McCain in this 2008 election season, then welcome to another 8, 16, or 32 years of Republicans in the White House, ...
    Posted to Deathwatch by MichaelBernard1 on May 7, 2008

  • Re: Superdelegates and other Dem Procedures

    Superdelegates have an important function. In the event several candidates have lots of delegates, they form as part of coalitions to put a candidate over the top. They can also protect the party from nominating a popular candidate who has gone through a terrible scandal only after the primaries and caucuses have taken place. The superdelegates ...
    Posted to XX Factor by john adkisson on March 10, 2008

  • Dem Popular Vote: Wow . . . it's real close!

    7,374,222 7,374,222 So, I was complaining about the lack of data on total vote counts from yesterday's primaries. Using CNN's up to date numbers, I did it myself. Note that not all precincts are in, but generally states have reported 90+ percent (most in the high 90s). So, as of now, where we are in Feb. 5 caucus goer and voter ...
    Posted to Trailhead by northlander on February 6, 2008

  • Re: Popular Vote Pledge

    No one is reporting a total running vote count. Why not? Wouldn't a running tally of the total numbers/percentages of voters and how the voted so far give us a clearer picture of who is or is not leading in the Democratic primary? Right now we see that the delegates are looking close, but where is the popular vote? Why is no one tallying this? ...
    Posted to Trailhead by northlander on February 6, 2008